Exploring Birth Movements in Water
Exploration if different positions for waterbirth. (from The Complete Book of Pregnancy and cChildbirth by Sheila Kitzinger)
NHS Urges Home Births Over Hospitals
LONDON — Reversing a generation of guidance on childbirth, Britain’s National Health Service on Wednesday advised healthy women that it was safer to have their babies at home, or in a birth center, than in a hospital.
Pregnant Pause – Midwife Delivers 50 Years Experience
The acceptance and popularity of midwives is growing in America – The Philadelphia Enquirer
Seven Secrets of Successful Waterbirth
In this article published in Essentially MIDIRS. Barbara considers what constitutes a successful waterbirth.
Waterbirth seen as a less painful, less traumatic process
When Braylen Maurice Taylor came into the world at South Jersey Healthcare Elmer on April 24, he didn’t make a sound. Braylen was born under water. And when Braylen’s grandmother – Robin Taylor, nurse manager at the hospital – pulled him from the warm water and handed him to his proud mother, he didn’t wail